Since being turned onto this band by a friend of mine I've been anxiously awaiting the release of their new album here in the states. I finally received a copy of Conditions by The Temper Trap, out October 13th on Glassnote Records, today and have been listening to it ever since. After taking a little break due to being labeled as a vocalist trying to make a band happen, The Temper Trap have finally figured it out and broken through in the world of indie music. And I do mean world.
Coming to us from Melbourne, Australia, the band is one you don't want to miss. They have a show coming up October 19th in Chicago and I really wish I could make it up there for it. Check out a couple of tracks from the album! (the album cover links to their myspace!)
The Temper Trap - Fader
The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
The Temper Trap's Conditions
Say good morning to another set of creature
I try to avoid long, drawn-out ramblings about personal issues but sometimes its just too relevant to great music that its completely unavoidable. As I sit here watching the Bears, I'm doing the same thing I've been doing for the past 48+ hours: thinking. Why? I don't know. About what? Oh, anything and everything. All I know is I haven't been able to sleep much with so much on my mind.
I woke up after a brief 2 hour nap this morning at 4am. I threw on some music and tried to go back to sleep but to no avail. 5am rolled around. I decided I would just go for a ride. I brought my computer to plug in and just hit shuffle on my iTunes (yep, iTunes). I've never really explored much of the farmland surrounding Champaign, so I decided to venture south and a little bit east. I came across a couple little small towns that reminded me of some Northern Michigan towns. For the record, I've been wanting to head up north for a while and that's how the similarity fits into my thinking.
I kept driving. I kept turning off the main roads and into walls of corn. Occasionally I'd pass a lowland where fog would rise up and blanket the road in front of me. A full moon was out when I left but I soon found a park along side a river and just sat there and watched the sun come up. It was awesome. I kept driving. Eventually I turned around. I don't even remember most of the music I was listening to; I was zoning out. However, this one came on during the drive back down the highway. It was perfect. I put it on repeat and drove the rest of the way home. Happy Sunday. Enjoy. I should take a nap.
The Twilight Singers - Teenage Wristband
Headlights out in the wild
Champaign-Urbana's very own Headlights have a new disc out! The band had a release party Wildlife a few weeks back as part of the Pygmalion Music Festival allowing fans to get a hold of the album a few weeks before its official October 6th release date. I've been listening to it ever since then and its definitely worth sharing!
Drawing on the success of their previous releases, this one sounds even more refined. Us fans have heard many of the tunes at their shows this year but now we can all finally appreciate the recorded versions. Get ready to dance, just like the impromptu on-stage dance party that highlighted the Polyvinyl Records Showcase to kick off Pygmalion!
Headlights - Secrets
Headlights - Get Going
Dead Man's Bones: Perfect Autumn Soundtrack
So today the CMJ College Radio Award nominations came out... turns out our station is up for an amazing 10 different awards... and I'm personally up for music director of the year! Incredible news for this incredible day! Probably a good reason why I'm up after 4am writing instead of sleeping.
Anyway, happy October 1st to you all! Being that Autumn and October happen to be a favorite time of the year for me, I'd like to share some delicious new music that's pretty spooky and worth checking out. Many have started to write about Dead Man's Bones and I'm going to join them. This duo of Zach Shields and Ryan Gossling originally met back in 2005 and intended their now self-titled album to be the soundtrack for a monster-type movie. Even by itself its still some great tuneage.
Employing the Silverlake Conservatory of Music Children's Choir, working with Tim Anderson of I'm A Robot, laying down some guidelines (no more than 3 takes, playing every instrument themselves, and not using a click track), and stemming from various music they have created the perfect fall/Halloween soundtrack. I do believe this is the first blog to post "Pa Pa Power"... so be sure to check it out. And of course for more info check out the Anti- website and the Dead Man's Bones website. Buy the album when it hits shelves this coming Tuesday, the artwork is just as good!
Dead Man's Bones - Pa Pa Power
Dead Man's Bones - My Body's A Zombie For You
Dead Man's Bones - In The Room Where You Sleep
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